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Calling Mary

by Críostóir

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"I woke with the song in my head in the middle of the night. The chorus at least. I'd never written anything like it, but this voice told me to take it as is, don't change a thing. The angel, because that's what I believe it was, even taught me how to sing it. I'm thinking what is this song about? I need a verse, but the angel never gave me a verse. That was up to me, I guess. Then the next morning I saw the picture of a young father, Oscar, and his infant daughter, Valeria. They both lay dead face down on the banks of the Rio Grande. Valeria's arm was draped across her father's neck. They'd died vainly trying to reach America, a country with its door firmly shut.

There were the story and verse of the song. I went into my studio and recorded it just like I was taught to. Críostóir is the Gaelic spelling of my name." CM

lyrics

Mary Mary
Calling Mary
Full of grace and healing light
Come to us we need you, Mary
Come to us in darkest night

Captured in a photograph
Feet in river, head on land
Oscar holds sweet Valeria
His head draped by her tiny hand

Sandy Hook to Matamoros
Children suffer for your sins
Pride and wealth, your fate uncertain
Your judges fail as plague descends

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released October 29, 2020
Christopher McHale - piano/cello/voice
produced by Christopher McHale, Ikonik Studio/NY

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Producer Christopher McHale’s work spans songs, albums, animation, video games, films, theater, television and advertising. He lives and works on the planet Earth.

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